Just as an aside, I don't follow shortened links when there's no reason for them being shortened. In a venue that doesn't have a string length limit, I just assume someone's hiding the destination for a reason.

Just as an aside, I don't follow shortened links when there's no reason for them being shortened. In a venue that doesn't have a string length limit, I just assume someone's hiding the destination for a reason.

Sorry, is there a general rule about links on this board? Do people want shortened ones or long ones? I was just posting this piece for information.

[QUOTE=sibelhodge;702264]Sorry, is there a general rule about links on this board? Do people want shortened ones or long ones? I was just posting this piece for information.

Sibel

I like shortened ones because long ones are annoying. However you can do the same thing as tiny url using some forum code but people can still see the link at the bottom of the page. Just use this formatting (but change the brackets to square brackets)

This is yet more of the same stupidity we've gotten out of Amazon since Day One.

"The Kindle is a smash success!! Because we've sold more than others' units? No! Because we tell you it's a smash success!"

They've given us exactly zero information on units sold.

"We sold an unspecified number of Kindles this year! And that's an unspecified number more than the unspecified number we sold last year! Aren't we amazing? Everyone else can go home and stop selling ereaders, now!"

I love how that 'press-release from Amazon' understates the number of units Sony introduced (three, IIRC, 300, 600 and not sure if the 900 is out yet) and denigrates both Sony and Barnes & Noble for running out of stock soon after release. Which is exactly what happened when the Kindle came out!

( Waiting for Sir. Bruce to reply in 3... 2... 1... )

P.S.

Oh... no... I just noticed that first comment posted to the article. I think I'm gonna gag. Seems that Amazon invented the ereader concept. Gotta hand it to Amazon, though, by sheer weight of online presence, they've convinced people of their originality. Nothing ever came before the Kindle!

No, I don't think there's a rule. It's just one of my own personal curmudgeonly quirks. As an IT guy, paranoia is part of my job description!

Me either. Paranoia from having friends who are not beyond occasionally griefing me .

Anyway, the "old pro in this market" has sold out of the DX and a little birdie says stocks of the international are in a dangerous state as well. It's all down to (unsurprisingly) screen availability. When there's a serious screen competitor, the low production of e-ink screens is going to bury that tech...

I love how that 'press-release from Amazon' understates the number of units Sony introduced (three, IIRC, 300, 600 and not sure if the 900 is out yet) and denigrates both Sony and Barnes & Noble for running out of stock soon after release. Which is exactly what happened when the Kindle came out!

( Waiting for Sir. Bruce to reply in 3... 2... 1... )

I'm not Sir Bruce but the reason Sony and B&N are getting grief (or being denigrated) is because they didn't learn the lesson from Amazon running out of stock 2 years in a row (IMO).